The Nickel Song (from the cd Ballroom Streets)
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Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon
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All I ever want from you is music mmm
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I’ll do anything for you
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Anything you want me to
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All I ever, all I ever wanted was the music
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Well you know that I'm not a gambler
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But I'm being gambled on
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They put in a nickel
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And I sing a
little song
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Aaah
Da-da-da-da…..in the nickelodeon
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All I ever really wanted was a little music
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Well, I don't
mind that they're lucky
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But it seems
that they always win
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And gamblin'
is illegal
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In the state
of mind I'm in
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And if I had a
nickel
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For each time
that I've been put on
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I would be
their nickel man
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And I'd sing a nickel song
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You know
they're only putting in a nickel
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And they want
a dollar song
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You know they're only putting in a nickel
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And they want a dollar song
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Well, you know
I don't know so many things
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But I know what's been goin' on
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We're only putting in a little
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To get rid of a lot that's wrong
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And if we had
a nickel
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For each time
that we've been put on
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We'd all be
their nickel man
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And we'd sing a nickel song
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You know
they're only putting in a nickel
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And they want
a dollar song
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You know they're only putting in a nickel
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And they want a dollar song
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You know they're only putting in a nickel
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And they want a dollar song
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